Tag Archives: Norfolk Circuit Court

A Norfolk Circuit Court has dismissed felony homicide charges against the director of a church daycare center where a seven-week old infant died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Norfolk Circuit Judge Charles E. Poston said showing the center ignored SIDS ...

A homeowner was the first to breach a contract for construction of an addition and renovations to his Norfolk home when he emailed the contractor ordering him to cease work and stay away unless the contractor had written permission from ...

A Norfolk Circuit Court dismisses as “vexatious” a suit filed by an unhappy husband who seeks to set aside a divorce and requests additional remedies against a host of defendants, and awards attorney’s fees to plaintiff’s ex-wife and additional defendants. ...

In this annual review of the civil commitment of a sexually violent predator under Va. Code § 37.2-910, a Norfolk Circuit Court says the commonwealth has not met its burden for keeping respondent in secure inpatient treatment for a sixth ...

A Norfolk Circuit Court says a plaintiff who alleges he bought five condominium units only to have two of them “evaporate” when the owners’ association amended the condominium declaration, may seek a declaratory judgment that the amendment was ineffective under ...

A husband who has depleted his assets to maintain himself and his family after his newspaper design consulting business came to a virtual standstill can reduce his support obligations beyond the amounts ordered by the JDR court, which ordered the ...

A husband who allegedly sold his wife’s engagement and wedding rings to pay attorney’s fees did not “dissipate” marital assets, but the wife gets a chance to prove the value of her engagement ring, which the Norfolk Circuit Court says ...

Although the Norfolk Circuit Court earlier dismissed plaintiff’s claim against her brother-in-law for performance of her deceased sister’s promise that plaintiff would receive $60,000 from her sister’s pension proceeds, plaintiff is not barred from pursuing a claim against her brother-in-law ...

A woman who alleges she was raped by the city police officer dispatched to her home in response to her call to be transported to a hospital because of breathing difficulties cannot sue the city on a claim of negligence, ...

A Lowe’s customer who alleges she suffered a brain injury when a Lowe’s employee climbed a ladder to retrieve an item and dropped a box on plaintiff customer can sue Lowe’s for negligent training and negligent supervision of its employee, ...